U.S. patent application number 15/390716 was filed with the patent office on 2018-05-03 for helmet for a smart cycling equipment.
The applicant listed for this patent is Shenzhen Qianhai LIVALL IoT Technology Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to ZHI-MING LI, JIE TIAN, YONG-ZHENG YE, XIANG-LING YI, BO ZHENG.
Application Number | 20180121155 15/390716 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 57838157 |
Filed Date | 2018-05-03 |
United States Patent
Application |
20180121155 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
ZHENG; BO ; et al. |
May 3, 2018 |
HELMET FOR A SMART CYCLING EQUIPMENT
Abstract
A helmet for a smart cycling equipment. The helmet includes a
main body, a left speaker, a right speaker, a control interface, a
charging interface, a microprocessor, a wireless communication
module, and a battery. The main body includes a shell and a flange
connected to the shell and surrounding the shell. The flange
includes a front portion, a rear portion, a left portion, and a
right portion. The left speaker is arranged on the left portion.
The right speaker is arranged on the right portion. The control
interface and the charging interface are arranged on the flange.
The wireless communication module is connected to the
microprocessor. The battery is connected to the charging
interface.
Inventors: |
ZHENG; BO; (Shenzhen City,
CN) ; YE; YONG-ZHENG; (Shenzhen City, CN) ;
TIAN; JIE; (Jiujiang City, CN) ; LI; ZHI-MING;
(Nanchong City, CN) ; YI; XIANG-LING; (Xiamen
City, CN) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Shenzhen Qianhai LIVALL IoT Technology Co., Ltd. |
Shenzhen City |
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CN |
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Family ID: |
57838157 |
Appl. No.: |
15/390716 |
Filed: |
December 26, 2016 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
H04R 5/0335 20130101;
A42B 3/306 20130101; G06F 3/165 20130101; H04R 1/1008 20130101;
H04R 1/406 20130101; H04M 1/05 20130101; A42B 3/303 20130101; H04R
1/026 20130101; H04B 2001/3866 20130101; H04M 1/6066 20130101; H04R
2201/107 20130101; H04R 2420/07 20130101; H04R 2201/023 20130101;
H04B 1/385 20130101 |
International
Class: |
G06F 3/16 20060101
G06F003/16; H04R 1/02 20060101 H04R001/02; A42B 3/30 20060101
A42B003/30 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Oct 31, 2016 |
CN |
201621201470.5 |
Claims
1. A helmet for a smart cycling equipment, comprising: a main body,
the main body including a shell and a flange connected to the shell
and surrounding the shell, the flange including a front portion, a
rear portion, a left portion, and a right portion; a left speaker
arranged on the left portion of the flange; a right speaker
arranged on the right portion of the flange; a control interface
and a charging interface arranged on the flange; a microprocessor;
a wireless communication module connected to the microprocessor;
and a battery connected to the charging interface.
2. The helmet of claim 1, wherein the front portion and the rear
portion are located at opposite sides of the shell, and the left
portion and the right portion are located at another opposite sides
of the shell, and each of the left portion and the right portion is
located between the front portion and the rear portion.
3. The helmet of claim 2, wherein the control interface is arranged
on the front portion of the flange, and the control interface is
arranged on the rear portion of the flange.
4. The helmet of claim 2, wherein two recesses are defined in an
outer surface of the flange at the left portion and the right
portion for receiving the left speaker and the right speaker
respectively.
5. The helmet of claim 4, further comprising a left dust filter and
a right dust filter fittingly received in the two recesses
respectively.
6. The helmet of claim 5, wherein an external surface of the left
dust filter or the right dust filter is coplanar with the outer
surface of the flange.
7. The helmet of claim 1, wherein the control interface includes a
switch button, a first volume button, and a second volume button,
and the switch button is located between the first volume button
and the second volume button.
8. The helmet of claim 1, wherein the microprocessor, the wireless
communication module, and the battery are secured inside the main
body.
9. The helmet of claim 1, wherein the wireless communication module
is a bluetooth chip.
10. The helmet of claim 1, further comprising a microphone arranged
on the front portion of the flange adjacent to the control
interface.
11. The helmet of claim 10, further comprising a secondary
microphone arranged on the rear portion of the flange.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION AND CLAIM OF PRIORITY
[0001] This application claims priority of a China patent
application serial No. 201621201470.5, titled "SMART HELMET WITH
COMMUNICATION FUNCTION" and filed on Oct. 31, 2016, the contents of
which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety for
all intended purposes.
TECHNICAL FIELD
[0002] The present disclosure relates to cycling equipment, and
more particularly, to a helmet for a cycling equipment.
BACKGROUND
[0003] Cycling is very popular among young people, and has become a
popular outdoor sports around the world. However, it is very
inconvenient for a cyclist to pick up a phone call during cycling.
Besides, it is quite dangerous for the cyclist to pick up a phone
call by operating a smart phone using a hand, as distracted
attention in cycling may cause an accident. Therefore, the cyclist
likes to wear a bluetooth headset to listen to music. However,
although listening to music is enjoyable, but it may negatively
affect the cyclist's perception of an ambient environment (such as
external sound). For example, the cyclist wearing a bluetooth
headset may not hear vehicle sound behind, which may result in a
risk of a crash.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0004] To illustrate the technical solution according to
embodiments of the present disclosure more clearly, drawings to be
used in the description of the embodiments are described in brief
as follows. Obviously, the drawings in the following description
are merely some embodiments of the present disclosure. It is to be
noted that for those ordinarily skilled in the art, other drawings
can be fetched according to these drawings without doing any
creative work.
[0005] FIG. 1 is a schematic view of a helmet, according to a first
embodiment of the present disclosure;
[0006] FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the helmet shown in FIG. 1,
showing a connecting relationship thereof.
PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0007] The technical solution in the embodiments of the present
disclosure will be described clearly and completely accompanying
with drawings of embodiments of the present disclosure as follows.
Apparently, the described embodiments are only a part of the
embodiments of the present disclosure, but not all the embodiments.
Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure, all other
embodiments achieved by those ordinarily skilled in the art without
doing any creative work, should be included in the scope of the
present disclosure.
[0008] Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a helmet 100 according to an
embodiment of the present disclosure includes a main body 12, a
control module 50, and a battery 60 (see FIG. 2).
[0009] The main body 12 includes a shell 120 and a flange 122. The
shell 120 is substantially spherical, and is used to cover a
portion of a cyclist's head, thus protecting the head from external
impact. The flange 122 is connected to a bottom side of the shell
120, and surrounds the shell 120. In this embodiment, the shell 120
and the flange 122 are integrally made by using plastic, such as PC
(Polycarbonate) or EPS (Expanded Polystyrene), or other suitable
material.
[0010] In this embodiment, the flange 122 includes an outer surface
120A. In addition, the flange 122 includes a front portion 223, a
rear portion 224, a left portion 221, and a right portion 222. The
front portion 223 and the rear portion 224 are located at opposite
sides of the shell 120. The left portion 221 and the right portion
222 are located at another opposite sides of the shell 120. In use,
the front portion 223 and the rear portion 224 are spatially
relation to a forehead and a back side of head respectively, and
the left portion 221 and the right portion 222 are spatially
relation to ears of the cyclist respectively.
[0011] In addition, each of the left portion 221 and the right
portion 222 is located between the front portion 223 and the rear
portion 224. Two recesses 120B are defined in outer surface 120A at
the left portion 221 and the right portion 222, respectively.
[0012] In this embodiment, the helmet 100 further includes a
microphone 30, a left speaker 31, a right speaker 32, a control
interface 33, and a charging interface 34. The control interface 33
and the charging interface 34 are located in a central axis M of
the helmet 100. Generally, the microphone 30 and the control
interface 33 are arranged on the front portion 223, and are
adjacent to each other. The left speaker 31 is arranged on the left
portion 221. The right speaker 32 is arranged on the right portion
222.
[0013] The left speaker 31 and the right speaker 32 are symmetric
about the central axis M of the helmet 100. In use, the left
speaker 31 is received in the recess 120B of the left portion 221,
and the right speaker 32 is received in the recess 120B of the
right portion 222. The recess 120B is substantially
rectangular.
[0014] The helmet 100 further includes a left dust filter 201 and a
right dust filter 202 (with a number of holes therein). The left
dust filter 201 and the right dust filter 202 are fittingly
received in the two recesses 120B respectively. In use, the left
dust filter 201 and the right dust filter 202 are used to prevent
dust from entering the recesses 120B. Preferably, an external
surface of the left dust filter 201 or the right dust filter 202 is
coplanar with the outer surface 120A of the flange 122.
[0015] In this embodiment, the control interface 33 includes a
switch button 332, a first volume button 331, and a second volume
button 333. The switch button 332 is located between the first
volume button 331 and the second volume button 333. Preferably, the
switch button 332, the first volume button 331, and the second
volume button 333 protrude from the outer surface 120A.
[0016] The microprocessor 50 and the battery 60 are secured inside
the main body 12.
[0017] As shown in FIG. 2, each of the microphone 30, the left
speaker 31, the right speaker 32, the control interface 33, and the
battery 60 is connected to the microphone 30. The charging
interface 34 is further connected to the battery 60. In use, the
charging interface 34 can be electrically connected to an external
power source (not shown). In this way, the external power source
can be used to charge electricity to the battery 60, and the
battery 60 supplies power to the microphone 30, the left speaker
31, the right speaker 32, and the microprocessor 50.
[0018] In this embodiment, the helmet 100 may further include a
wireless communication module 70 connected to the microprocessor
50. The communication module 70 is used to be wirelessly connected
to a client, such as a smart phone (not shown) by, for example,
bluetooth, WIFI, or other communication mode, such as Zigbee. In
one example, the wireless communication module 70 can be a
bluetooth chip.
[0019] In one typical application, a switch button 332 is pressed
by the cyclist to switch on the communication module 70 during
cycling. Accordingly, a wireless communication is established
between the smart phone and the communication module 70. When an
incoming call (from for example, another cyclist) is received by
the smart phone, the smart phone generates a ring tone to warn the
cyclist. The cyclist may press the switch button 332 to pick up the
phone call.
[0020] On one hand, when the cyclist speaks to the microphone 30,
an audio signal is generated by the microphone 30, and further
transmitted to the smart phone by the communication module 70. On
the other hand, an audio signal from the smart phone may be
transmitted to the microprocessor 50 via the communication module
70. The audio signal is broadcasted by the left speaker 31 and the
right speaker 32 toward ears of the cyclist. In this manner, the
cyclist can pick up a phone call and hear a voice from the left
speaker 31 and the right speaker 32 without wearing a headset
during cycling, thus avoiding an accident caused by distracted
attention.
[0021] In use, the cyclist may press the first volume button 331 to
decrease a volume of the left and the right speakers 31, 32, or
press the second volume button 332 to increase the volume of the
left and the right speakers 31, 32 simultaneously.
[0022] In another typical application, the cyclist may use the
helmet 100 to listen to music played by the smart phone. The first
volume button 331 or the second volume button 332 may be pressed to
decrease or increase a volume of the music.
[0023] In alternative embodiments, the control interface 33 may
include other buttons (not shown) for other functions. For example,
the control interface 33 may include buttons for switching to a
"next" or a "previous" song.
[0024] In still alternative embodiments, the helmet 100 may include
a secondary microphone (not shown) arranged, for example, at a rear
portion 224 of the flange 122 (so it doesn't pick up so much
speech). In this manner, the microphone 30 serves as a primary
microphone, and the microphone 30 and the secondary microphone
cooperate to remove background noise during the call.
[0025] The contents described above are only preferred embodiments
of the present disclosure, but the scope of the present disclosure
is not limited to the embodiments. Any ordinarily skilled in the
art would make any modifications or replacements to the embodiments
in the scope of the present disclosure, and these modifications or
replacements should be included in the scope of the present
disclosure. Thus, the scope of the present disclosure should be
subjected to the claims.
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